PRT 078 (P240258)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | PRT 078 |
|---|---|
| ID | P240258 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa04 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:1] o 1'1'–o 1'1' | [Disregard the (formulation) of] to[day's case, be it good, be it faulty]. |
| Obverse [1:2] o 2'2'–o 2'2' | [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person] has touched the sacrificial sheep, [or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. |
| Obverse [2:3] o 3'3'–o 3'3' | [Disregard that an unclean man or] woman has [come] near the place [of the exti]spicy and [made it unclean]. |
| Obverse [3:5] o 4'4'– | [Disregard that] an unclean person [has performed] extispicy [in this place]. |
| Bottom [0:1] b.e. 5'b.e. 5'–b.e. 5'b.e. 5' | [The 'finger'] is thick. In the base on the left surface of the 'finger' [there is] a hole. |
| Bottom [1:2] b.e. 6'6'–b.e. 6'6' | [...] in its left side. The coils of the colon are 15 [in number]. |
| Bottom [2:4] b.e. 7'7'– | [... The heart of the ram is nor]mal. Third extispicy. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for] the performance [of the extispicy is deficient or faulty]. |
| Reverse [1:2] r 22–r 22 | [Disregard that he who touches the forehead of the sheep is dressed in his] ordinary [soiled garments]. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [e-zib ša₂ di-in UD-mu an-ni]-i [GIM DUG₃.GA GIM ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2' | [e-zib ša₂ KUG lu-ʾu-u₂] SISKUR ⸢TAG⸣-[MEŠ lu-u₂ ana IGI SISKUR.SISKUR GIL-MEŠ] | |
| 3' | [e-zib ša₂ lu-ʾu-u₂ lu-ʾu]-u₂-ti ⸢KI MAŠ₂⸣ [DIB].DIB-ma [u₂-le-ʾu-u₂] | |
| 4' | [e-zib ša₂ ina KI an-ni]-i lu-ʾi-i MAŠ₂ [MAŠ₂-u₂] | |
| b.e. | ||
| 5' | [BE ŠU].⸢SI⸣ eb-bet ina SUHUŠ EDIN 150 BUR₃ [ŠUB] | |
| 6' | [x x x] i-na 150-šu₂ ŠA₃.NIGIN 15 [x x x] | |
| 7' | [x x ŠA₃ UDU.NITA₂ SILIM]-im 03-tum [(x)] | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [e-zib ša₂ UDU.NITA₂ DINGIR-ti-ka ša₂ ana MAŠ₂] MAŠ₂-u₂ [LAL-u₂ ha-ṭu-u₂] | |
| 2 | [e-zib ša₂ TAG-it SAG.KI UDU.NITA₂ TUG₂] gi-ne₂-e-[šu₂ ar₂-ša₂-ti lab-šu₂] | |
Sources & licences
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